Song · Weezer
“Happy Hour” by Weezer
From the album Pacific Daydream (2017)
“Happy Hour” by Weezer appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2017 and 2018. It was first released in 2017 on the album Pacific Daydream. Its best result is #48 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #118 alternative song of 2018.
"Happy Hour" followed "Feels Like Summer" as the second single from Pacific Daydream, Weezer's 11th studio album, and it went out on Halloween 2017 after a Beats 1 premiere earlier that month. It's Weezer ditching the fuzz on purpose: the song swaps their usual distorted guitars for layered production and a slower gait, and Rivers Cuomo said the band dared themselves to leave the old Nineties downstroke habit behind. Butch Walker produced and pitched in on guitar, synth, percussion and backing vocals, with Oh, Hush! on additional production, and Cuomo wrote it with Seann Bowe and Chris Sernel.
It has been tagged as pop rock and R&B. Spin's Arielle Gordon heard a carefree jaunt closer to a Kardashian TV interstitial than a loner anthem, while ABC News' Allan Raible reckoned its dance beat and oddball cultural references made it click.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 80 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 93 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2018 | 67 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 48 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
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